Did you know that women are more susceptible to alcohol addiction than men? All of the cutesy Wine o’Clock, Mommy’s Juice, memes that pop up on social media stop being so cute when you read that since 2000, among women in particular, high-risk drinking has increased 60 percent while alcohol use disorder or what is traditionally
When I stopped drinking five years ago, one of the biggest challenges I had to overcome in order to stay sober was breaking down the wall of denial I had built to defend my behavior. Denial that I had slowly built up like a defensive wall over years. I wore the mask of High Functionality
If you’ve been drinking too much during these past two months of the Covid19 lock down, you are not alone. It’s not a surprise that in countries where alcohol was deemed essential the sale of alcoholic beverages is booming. In the UK, sales were up by 22% in March. US sales of alcoholic beverages have
Sobriety Offers Everything that Alcohol Promised? That is a quote that I had taped on the wall next to my computer when I was first trying to stop drinking. I got the quote from a blog called Unpickled and I prayed that it was true. I hated the idea of being sober. Drinking was just
